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Battlecard with Datadog
Problems with Datadog
- High cost, unpredictable billing model
- Retention limits restrict long-term analysis
- Excessive and noisy alerting system
- Support response times often slow
How CubeAPM solves it?
- Transparent, predictable pricing structure
- Unlimited data retention for analysis
- Faster support turnaround times
- On-prem deployment & innovation edge
Quick Comparison Guide
Performance & Monitoring
CubeAPM
Datadog
Metrics
Distributed Tracing
Full
Limited
Error Tracking
Infrastructure Monitoring
Synthetic Monitoring
Browser Monitoring (aka Real User Monitoring or RUM)
Latency
Low
High
Logs
Customer Support TAT
Slack / WhatsApp with Core Devs (TAT of Minutes)
Email (TAT of Days)
Sampling
Smart Sampling *
Standard Probabilistic Sampling
* Smart sampling takes contextual information like latency, error, etc. into consideration while making sampling decision. Therefore it can retain useful samples while operating at much higher sampling efficiency, thus reducing cost significantly.
Compatibility & Integrations
CubeAPM
Datadog
Datadog Compatible
OpenTelemetry Compatible
Native Support
Limited Support
Prometheus Compatible
Costs
+ 60% Savings
Datadog
Infrastructure Monitoring
$7/host
Unlimited
$18/host
15 month retention
APM
$16/host
Unlimited
$42/host
15 month retention
Serverless Monitoring (per million trace invocations)
$6
$15
Data Transfer
$0.01/GB
$0.10/GB
Infra
$0.02/GB
– –
Error Tracking
Free
Unlimited
$36
50K errors
Synthetic Monitoring
Free
Unlimited
$7.2
10k Runs
BIG SAVINGS
Cost Breakdown for 10TB data/month
Switch to CubeAPM and save 64%
Hosts – 50 | Data – 10TB/month
With CubeAPM
With Datadog
Infrastructure Monitoring
$350
$900
APM
$800
$2100
Serverless Monitoring
$300
$750
Data Transfer
$100
$1,000
Infra Cost
$200
$0
Error Tracking
$0
$72
Synthetic Monitoring
$0
$72
Total Cost
$1,750
64% Savings
$4894
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Frequently asked Questions
How is CubeAPM different from Datadog or New Relic?
CubeAPM offers full-stack observability with on-prem deployment and managed APM, giving teams data control and predictable pricing unlike SaaS tools that charge per GB and export telemetry outside your cloud.
What kind of cost savings can teams expect when compared to Datadog?
CubeAPM offers predictable pricing at $0.15/GB for data ingestion, helping teams save up to 70% compared to Datadog’s per-host, per-feature pricing with full visibility and no surprise overages.
How do CubeAPM’s features compare to Datadog?
CubeAPM offers full-stack observability like Datadog — APM, logs, RUM, infra, and synthetics — but adds on-prem deployment, OpenTelemetry support, and predictable $0.15/GB pricing with unlimited retention unlike Datadog.